Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Cromwell

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.

David Nathan

I think the fact that they didn't attain the level of success of solo artists probably has something to do with it as well. They may have had some impact, but none are around today. They weren't able to sustain it.

Percy Sledge

I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!

Ban Ki-moon

Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.

Rick Riordan

I prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much.

John Dewey

Some things which are remote in space and time from a living creature, especially a human creature, may form his environment even more truly than some of the things close to him.

Rod Brooks

And here we have gone and put them in a place which is completely different from the rest of the world. So we're sort of challenging them to live in the environment they say they're creating.

Michael Lehman

It's just not a normal environment out there.

Matt LeBlanc

It seems like there's more, but Friends was always a high- pressure environment because it was successful from day one. So I'm kind of used to it.

Beth Murrin

A lot of teams have one star. It's the people underneath that make the difference. The high school environment is about supporting each other. It's not just about one person. They're all working really well together so far.

Red Berenson

They had a great home-ice environment. And we didn't want to give them the first goal, and we did too easy.

John Shanley

This clearly, in our opinion, will lead to a much more serious competitive environment than the industry has been exposed to in probably the last five years.

Kary Moss

We haven't heard of jails taping what should be confidential conversations. That's wrong.

Aidan White

No. That is not what I heard him say.

In some places it's known as a tornado. In others, a cyclone. And in still others, the Idiot's Merry-go-round. But around here they'll always be known as screw-boys.

Maya Angelou

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

Herb Alpert

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

Isaac Hanson

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

David Friedman

I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for me; I'm very independent.

Jim Foglesong

I'm just kind of a music junkie. Whatever I'm doing at the moment is my favorite.

Jerry Hunt

In 1955 music wasn't that important. Music was a kind of a special thing you went and did.

John Trudell

I'm not a musician making words to go with my music.

Lapo Elkann

I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'

Rabindranath Tagore

Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value.

Pearl Norris

We thought it was a warehouse but when we opened it, the pews were still in it.